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W ''. ft. 1 V ' '.v T Football team cracks top 25 see sports page 10 Wednesday, September 25, 1996 Volume 59 Number 10 U Board of Regents commissioner proposes tuition hike 1. By Leona J. Christensen campus affairs editor -Signpost Members of the Weber State University President's Council emerged from their annual meeting with Utah Board of Regents Commissioner Cecelia H. Foxley with one question: How can WSU keep tuition as low as possible despite a proposal to increase it between 1 and 4 percent each year through the year 2000? Foxley reccommended to the LI r - - -?:" :1 S "la 1 'VV 1 4 !, - 1 gt:.-"r ". .'w 1- 12i i i j I can hurt someone's wallet over here! The WSU bookstore is typically one of the busiest places on campus during the first week of school. If you can avoid it, it's best to wait until the crowds die down during the second week of school. Don't forget to bring plenty of plastic, too. Recycling cuts down mountains of By Alisa C. Rasmussen news editor-Sgnpost For some, school may mean mountains of paper, sticky notes, juicy love letters and homework. And where does it all go? Hopefully, not to the landfills. According to Rick Wade, physical plant night supervisor and chair of the recycling committee, Weber State University began a campus wide recycling effort in July to combat the problem. The on-campus recycling program is in cooperation with Browning Ferris Industries. The program currently includes white paper and cardboard. "We got a contract with BF1 for a total waste contract," Wade said. "BFI is involved in working with our general wastes, biohazards and Board of Regents that college tuition reflect the type of insitution in relation to the University of Utah. She said an increase is necessary to make tuition rates equitable throughout Utah's higher education institutions. ' The U of U is established as the rate of highest tuition. The other institutions pay a percentage of the U of U's tuition depending on the character of the school. For example, WSU students would pay 72 percent of the U of U's rate. The suggested tuition hike will now with our recycling effort." Wade said the problem with previous attempts to get students to recycle was that clubs were formed and containers put out, but each year brought new faces. "The whole thing was inconsistent and there were other concerns the clubs wanted to deal with," Wade said. "We just couldn't get it all together until now." Wade said because WSU is a large part of the community, it is the responsibility of each person on campus to be a responsible neighbor. "We generate a lot of garbage." Wade said. "It's that simple. Currently, since July, our campus has generated almost 10 tons of white paper, which is more than we originally anticipated. This is according to BFI's report on how our recy be presented to the Board of Regents at their November meeting. The increase has not been approved and is still subject to change and negotiation by the Regents and the institutions. Students also have input in the negotiations. Jason Whelan, Associated Students of Weber State University studentbody president, acts as a voice for student concerns.During the next three years, WSU tuition would increase 3.3 percent each year, resulting in additional cling efforts have done. There's real potential there." In addition to the paper figures, Wade said there have been almost seven tons of cardboard since July, which is at least two tons of cardboard recycled from WSU's campus per month. "The savings are about $700 a month in the landfill," Wade said. The recycling committee will include aluminum in the future, but Wade said the need to recycle newsprint is more important at this point. Wade added that the campus auditors also perform "trash audits," where amounts of recyclable material are counted. According to the last trash audit done by Betty Tucker, an academic computing coordinator and member of the recycling committee, 40 revenue totaling almost $2 million. If approved, the statewide tuition hikes would generate $3.8 million in 1997-98, $3.9 million in 1998-99 and $4 million in 1999-2000."We see gradual increase over the next three or four years to achieve those relationship targets, but we don't see any more of the 7 or8 percent increases of the past," Foxley said. Allen Simkins.vice president of Administrative Services, said WSU administration desires to keep tu- waste, costs percent of the garbage generated is recyclable. "Forty-two percent of that total is newspaper, 24 percent is white paper and three percent is cardboard," Wade said. Wade said the market drives people to recycle. "There really is no market for plastics and glass recycling on campus at this point," Wade said. "There's not a lot of profit in it, because there is not as large a use as with white paper, cardboard and newsprint." According to Wade, the program is still new to the campus and relatively unknown to students who did not attend summer quarter. Not every building on campus is equipped with the recycling bins See Mountain page 3 ition as low as possible, but realizes tuition growth is essential to maintain the quality of the university."We recognize that tuition is an important part of the insitution's budget," Simkins said. "In my opinion, we can't function without tuition increases. A 3.3 percent increase is about the rate of inflation."With an upward spiral trend in tuition, the Board of Regents is See Hike page 3 Financial success shares secrets By Leona ). Christensen campus affairs editor-Signpost After two sound technicians interrupted the uproar in the Allred Theater of Weber State University's Val A. Browning Center to check the microphone, a grandfather-aged man dressed in a dark gray business suit came to the podium to check the sound, "One million, two million." He was met with applause and laughter. Moments later Warren Buffet was Introduced as a man who intelligently invested $9,800 earned from money saved from paper routes by William Child, chairman of the board and CEO of RC Wllley's, More than 40 years after his original investment, Buffet is described as the world's greatest investor with $16 billion. Buffet combined wisdom and humor as he spoke to a packed theater filled with WSU College of Business and See Buffet page 7 inside post opinion: see page 4 a&e: see page 8 sports: see page 14 crossword: . see page 20

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W ''. ft. 1 V ' '.v T Football team cracks top 25 see sports page 10 Wednesday, September 25, 1996 Volume 59 Number 10 U Board of Regents commissioner proposes tuition hike 1. By Leona J. Christensen campus affairs editor -Signpost Members of the Weber State University President's Council emerged from their annual meeting with Utah Board of Regents Commissioner Cecelia H. Foxley with one question: How can WSU keep tuition as low as possible despite a proposal to increase it between 1 and 4 percent each year through the year 2000? Foxley reccommended to the LI r - - -?:" :1 S "la 1 'VV 1 4 !, - 1 gt:.-"r ". .'w 1- 12i i i j I can hurt someone's wallet over here! The WSU bookstore is typically one of the busiest places on campus during the first week of school. If you can avoid it, it's best to wait until the crowds die down during the second week of school. Don't forget to bring plenty of plastic, too. Recycling cuts down mountains of By Alisa C. Rasmussen news editor-Sgnpost For some, school may mean mountains of paper, sticky notes, juicy love letters and homework. And where does it all go? Hopefully, not to the landfills. According to Rick Wade, physical plant night supervisor and chair of the recycling committee, Weber State University began a campus wide recycling effort in July to combat the problem. The on-campus recycling program is in cooperation with Browning Ferris Industries. The program currently includes white paper and cardboard. "We got a contract with BF1 for a total waste contract," Wade said. "BFI is involved in working with our general wastes, biohazards and Board of Regents that college tuition reflect the type of insitution in relation to the University of Utah. She said an increase is necessary to make tuition rates equitable throughout Utah's higher education institutions. ' The U of U is established as the rate of highest tuition. The other institutions pay a percentage of the U of U's tuition depending on the character of the school. For example, WSU students would pay 72 percent of the U of U's rate. The suggested tuition hike will now with our recycling effort." Wade said the problem with previous attempts to get students to recycle was that clubs were formed and containers put out, but each year brought new faces. "The whole thing was inconsistent and there were other concerns the clubs wanted to deal with," Wade said. "We just couldn't get it all together until now." Wade said because WSU is a large part of the community, it is the responsibility of each person on campus to be a responsible neighbor. "We generate a lot of garbage." Wade said. "It's that simple. Currently, since July, our campus has generated almost 10 tons of white paper, which is more than we originally anticipated. This is according to BFI's report on how our recy be presented to the Board of Regents at their November meeting. The increase has not been approved and is still subject to change and negotiation by the Regents and the institutions. Students also have input in the negotiations. Jason Whelan, Associated Students of Weber State University studentbody president, acts as a voice for student concerns.During the next three years, WSU tuition would increase 3.3 percent each year, resulting in additional cling efforts have done. There's real potential there." In addition to the paper figures, Wade said there have been almost seven tons of cardboard since July, which is at least two tons of cardboard recycled from WSU's campus per month. "The savings are about $700 a month in the landfill," Wade said. The recycling committee will include aluminum in the future, but Wade said the need to recycle newsprint is more important at this point. Wade added that the campus auditors also perform "trash audits," where amounts of recyclable material are counted. According to the last trash audit done by Betty Tucker, an academic computing coordinator and member of the recycling committee, 40 revenue totaling almost $2 million. If approved, the statewide tuition hikes would generate $3.8 million in 1997-98, $3.9 million in 1998-99 and $4 million in 1999-2000."We see gradual increase over the next three or four years to achieve those relationship targets, but we don't see any more of the 7 or8 percent increases of the past," Foxley said. Allen Simkins.vice president of Administrative Services, said WSU administration desires to keep tu- waste, costs percent of the garbage generated is recyclable. "Forty-two percent of that total is newspaper, 24 percent is white paper and three percent is cardboard," Wade said. Wade said the market drives people to recycle. "There really is no market for plastics and glass recycling on campus at this point," Wade said. "There's not a lot of profit in it, because there is not as large a use as with white paper, cardboard and newsprint." According to Wade, the program is still new to the campus and relatively unknown to students who did not attend summer quarter. Not every building on campus is equipped with the recycling bins See Mountain page 3 ition as low as possible, but realizes tuition growth is essential to maintain the quality of the university."We recognize that tuition is an important part of the insitution's budget," Simkins said. "In my opinion, we can't function without tuition increases. A 3.3 percent increase is about the rate of inflation."With an upward spiral trend in tuition, the Board of Regents is See Hike page 3 Financial success shares secrets By Leona ). Christensen campus affairs editor-Signpost After two sound technicians interrupted the uproar in the Allred Theater of Weber State University's Val A. Browning Center to check the microphone, a grandfather-aged man dressed in a dark gray business suit came to the podium to check the sound, "One million, two million." He was met with applause and laughter. Moments later Warren Buffet was Introduced as a man who intelligently invested $9,800 earned from money saved from paper routes by William Child, chairman of the board and CEO of RC Wllley's, More than 40 years after his original investment, Buffet is described as the world's greatest investor with $16 billion. Buffet combined wisdom and humor as he spoke to a packed theater filled with WSU College of Business and See Buffet page 7 inside post opinion: see page 4 a&e: see page 8 sports: see page 14 crossword: . see page 20